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but what turned dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev into terrorists? i'm joined now by our new abc news colleague, byron pitts. welcome to "nightline" and the rain. >> thank you very much. >> what can you tell us about these two men? >> juju, tonight a portrait of the suspected bombers is emerging. two brothers who came to the u.s. in 2003. like millions of immigrants, they came here in search of a better life. but something went terribly wrong. >> my sons would never, ever imagine that somehow the children of my brother would be associated with that. >> reporter: tonight some family members of the two brothers accused of the worst attack in the u.s. since 9/11 are asking the question no one seems to be able to answer tonight. why. their uncle in maryland says he thinks he knows. >> what do you think provoked this? >> being losers. hatred to those who were able to settle themselves. these are the only reasons i can imagine of. >> reporter: but what might have driven 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev and his 19-year-old brother dzhokhar to allegedly plant a
but what turned dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev into terrorists? i'm joined now by our new abc news colleague, byron pitts. welcome to "nightline" and the rain. >> thank you very much. >> what can you tell us about these two men? >> juju, tonight a portrait of the suspected bombers is emerging. two brothers who came to the u.s. in 2003. like millions of immigrants, they came here in search of a better life. but something went terribly wrong. >> my sons would...
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tamerlan says he doesn't drink or smoke anymore, god says no alcohol. a muslim, he says there are no values anymore and worries that people can't control themselves. one ing, these pictures are apparently from 2010. we keep saying he's been here five years. if that's from about 2010 he's probably been here in the united states about eight years, traveling back as you said to russia last year which i did ask that official about and what that meant, but he was a very will skilled boxer, very skilled and went to this gym all of the time and was trying to be in the olympics. the pictures are from a magazine called "the comment," the graduate student magazine at the boston university college of communications and the headline for these photographs is "will box for passport. an olympic drive to become a united states citizen." the coach said he was good enough to be pro and was good enough to be pro and you asked about the official about the six months in russia and any indication and whether they're learning about it now? >> that's the exact kind of thing th
tamerlan says he doesn't drink or smoke anymore, god says no alcohol. a muslim, he says there are no values anymore and worries that people can't control themselves. one ing, these pictures are apparently from 2010. we keep saying he's been here five years. if that's from about 2010 he's probably been here in the united states about eight years, traveling back as you said to russia last year which i did ask that official about and what that meant, but he was a very will skilled boxer, very...
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the fbi also wants to question tamerlan's wife, seen over the weekend, leaving the family apartment. a rhode island native, she converted to islam and changed her name from katherine to karima. because she lived in the same cambridge apartment where authorities believed the two brothers hatched their plot, she could provide clues about whether others were involved. her family issued a statement today saying, "we know now that we never really knew tamerlan tsarnaev." now a possible link to a murder, two years ago. local prosecutors said today they are investigatoring whether tamerlan was involved in the brutal murder of three young men, one of whom was his roommate. the three were found with their throats slashed, covered in marijuana and cash. also under investigation, the six-month trip he took to russia, at a time that rebel groups there carried out a number of violent attacks. as abc's kirit radia discovered in the dagestan region. >> last year alone, dagestan lost 115 police officers in nearly 300 terror attacks. just two years ago, this street was obliterated by a car bomb. >> r
the fbi also wants to question tamerlan's wife, seen over the weekend, leaving the family apartment. a rhode island native, she converted to islam and changed her name from katherine to karima. because she lived in the same cambridge apartment where authorities believed the two brothers hatched their plot, she could provide clues about whether others were involved. her family issued a statement today saying, "we know now that we never really knew tamerlan tsarnaev." now a possible...
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tamerlan tsarnaev. number two on the loose, a fugitive right now, believed to be armed and dangerous, described as a terrorist, he was caught on camera last night, he's been on the loose for several hours and all of boston, the entire city of boston surrounding suburbs in lockdown right now. >> that's right. abc news just spoke to those boys' father, he is in shock and implores his son to himself up. he told abc news, he said that he think his sons were set up and he said they were very nice kids, never touched explosives and never learned how to handle weapons. he said that his younger son is on the run and in hiding because he's also afraid, words from his father. never saw indication at all atwas capable of violence. we're reminded by brad garrett, our fbi specialing at, often these terrorist lead double lives. we begin with chief investigative brian ross, on the ground, all through the night in watertown, brian, a night of gunfire, bombs, police hunting down the terrorists right now. >> reporter: in
tamerlan tsarnaev. number two on the loose, a fugitive right now, believed to be armed and dangerous, described as a terrorist, he was caught on camera last night, he's been on the loose for several hours and all of boston, the entire city of boston surrounding suburbs in lockdown right now. >> that's right. abc news just spoke to those boys' father, he is in shock and implores his son to himself up. he told abc news, he said that he think his sons were set up and he said they were very...
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tamerlan spent the first half of 2012 back in russia himself. what he was doing there remains unclear. >> give me evidence. all you showed me, man's face in a hat standing like this. what else? >> ah, my two sons are really innocent. i'm like 100% sure that this is a setup. >> reporter: the boys' mother and their aunt defended them today. and this woman, allegedly a sister living in new jersey, fended off the media. >> i'm very, very upset right now because i lost -- listen, i'm so sorry. >> they're related. they're brothers, right? >> no, they're not. >> reporter: and while so many questions remain about what finally turned these brothers into alleged terrorists, their family is now left with the difficult task of clearing their name. >> my family, my family associated. we're not requiring forgiveness in this family. people are ashamed. he put shame on our tsarnaev's family. he put a shame on our family, the tsarnaev family. he put a shame on the entire chechen ethnicity. because everyone now names the play with the word chechen. so, they put t
tamerlan spent the first half of 2012 back in russia himself. what he was doing there remains unclear. >> give me evidence. all you showed me, man's face in a hat standing like this. what else? >> ah, my two sons are really innocent. i'm like 100% sure that this is a setup. >> reporter: the boys' mother and their aunt defended them today. and this woman, allegedly a sister living in new jersey, fended off the media. >> i'm very, very upset right now because i lost --...
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russell is now a single parent to the 3-year-old daughter she had with tamerlan. her attorney says she didn't know her husband was a bombing suspect until she saw it on television. >> we are learning more about russell's husband and growing dissatisfaction with mainstream religion. three months before the marathon bombings, tamerlan tsarnaev, visited a cambridge mosque and shouted out after the speaker compared the prophet muhammad with martin luther king jr. in his first interview, he tells abc news how the congregation reacted. >> they just straight up shouted at him that, you need to leave, you know, so he stepped out of the sermon. after the sermon and prayers were done, some of the leaders of the center sat down with him and said, listen, you have a clear choice. either you're silent from now on during the sermons or you're not going to be welcome here. >> he says that wasn't tamerlan's only outburst. another time, he loudly objected when a speaker said it was appropriate to celebrate thanksgiving the same way one would celebrate the birthday of the prophet.
russell is now a single parent to the 3-year-old daughter she had with tamerlan. her attorney says she didn't know her husband was a bombing suspect until she saw it on television. >> we are learning more about russell's husband and growing dissatisfaction with mainstream religion. three months before the marathon bombings, tamerlan tsarnaev, visited a cambridge mosque and shouted out after the speaker compared the prophet muhammad with martin luther king jr. in his first interview, he...
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tamerlan is also the father of a 3-year-old daughter, i am told. amzort moved back and lived in massachusetts for ten years and moved back to russia for health reasons. he did tell me, george, that he did speak with both of his sons, of course, these are his words, not mine, tell you what he told me. police said he spoke with both of his sons following the bombings in boston on monday, monday evening. he asked them if they were there in the vicinity. they said no, they don't attend such things much they were very calm. no reason for him to assume they were somehow involved. he also said they had no involvement with any organizations, very calm, very bright students focused a lot on schoolwork. didn't have many friends outside of school. tamerlan, his elder son is married, has a 3-year-old daughter and also told me amzort has two more daughters who live in new york. so that's what we know right now. he has not spoken with dzhokhar but he had a message he would like me to convey to him if dzhokhar happens to be watching and that to give himself up. c
tamerlan is also the father of a 3-year-old daughter, i am told. amzort moved back and lived in massachusetts for ten years and moved back to russia for health reasons. he did tell me, george, that he did speak with both of his sons, of course, these are his words, not mine, tell you what he told me. police said he spoke with both of his sons following the bombings in boston on monday, monday evening. he asked them if they were there in the vicinity. they said no, they don't attend such things...
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we're learning much more about hi older brother, tamerlan. his mother says he called during the firefight with police thursday night, telling her, mama, i love you, before the phone went dead. >>> those killed and injured in monday's attack will be remembered today with a mehmet of silence across massachusetts at 2:50 p.m. off now one week ago.bomb went >>> air travelers are bracing for indefinite flight delays across the country this morning. thousands of traffic controllers are expecte face furloughs. the new york airports delays are predicted to last at least an hour. up to 6700 flights could be delayed every day. >>> meanwhile, overseas, rescue teams in china have now made their way to areas cut off after saturday's devastating earthquake there. relief supplies not enough to make demand. video shows the moment the 6.6 quake hit. at least 188 people are known dead. 11,000-plus injured. >>> we turn to our economy and some relief for drives. experts are predicting that gas prices could drop another 20 corrects by memorial day because of slum
we're learning much more about hi older brother, tamerlan. his mother says he called during the firefight with police thursday night, telling her, mama, i love you, before the phone went dead. >>> those killed and injured in monday's attack will be remembered today with a mehmet of silence across massachusetts at 2:50 p.m. off now one week ago.bomb went >>> air travelers are bracing for indefinite flight delays across the country this morning. thousands of traffic controllers...
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tamerlan traveled to russia for six months last year. the fbi wants to know exactly who he saw and what he was doing, dan. >> let me get back to the fbi investigation into the older brother. you've been talking to the fbi all day. are they not expecting any sense of frustration or remorse over having missed what could have been a real opportunity here? >> they'll do a postmortem, which is normal in these cases, but they said they did what the lou and the constitution allows. >> pierre, thank you. >>> and in order to dig deeper into the lives of these two young suspects, we sent kirit radia to a rough and remote area where the family comes from. here is what he found today. >> reporter: in a tearful phone call with abc news this evening, the mother of the suspected boston bombers said she and her husband planned to travel to the u.s. to see their young son captured friday night. she insists her sons were set up, and that her eldest son was investigated because he loved islam and didn't do anything bad. her comments feed the mystery over w
tamerlan traveled to russia for six months last year. the fbi wants to know exactly who he saw and what he was doing, dan. >> let me get back to the fbi investigation into the older brother. you've been talking to the fbi all day. are they not expecting any sense of frustration or remorse over having missed what could have been a real opportunity here? >> they'll do a postmortem, which is normal in these cases, but they said they did what the lou and the constitution allows....